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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
did Padme really have that much spunk? the PT isn't fresh in my memory but the only things that come to mind are how she made the decision to head for Geonosis, and she did ok fighting the giant cat.
other than that, I don't remember her verbally shredding anyone the way Leia can. Phantom Menace she was more monotone than a droid, and RoTS she was babbling on about decorating the baby's room or how Ani was breaking her heart (and then dying of a broken heart because who the hell cares about two beautiful twin babies).
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She is fairly stubborn in the PT, though I will concede her death is crap.
In Phantom Menace she accompanies Qui-Gon into Mos Espa against his wishes and later on she reveals herself to Boss Nass and leads the assault on Theed palace. It's mentioned in Attack of the Clones that the very fact that she came back to Coruscant for the military vote was dangerous and she only leaves after two assassination attempts and under orders of the Chancellor. She takes charge during the arena battle and during the subsequent battle
Her entire arc in Revenge of the Sith is stubborness. She can't believe Anakin could fall to the dark side and constantly tells Obi-Wan there is good in him. She even flies to a lava planet to confirm her belief even after Obi-Wan told her he saw video evidence of Anakin killing younglings. Love can be a powerful drug, but she's still being stubborn in the face of overwhelming evidence. The broken heart death is just crap and it should have been more explicitly stated that it was Vader's force choke that mortally wounded her or something. Broken heart is just lazy writing on George's part.
Padme was a Queen and then a Senator (basically the leader of the opposition). She does not verbally shred people like Leia, but that could come down to her high positions in government and overall maturity compared to that of a 10 year old. It's a callback to Leia's personality in the OT, especially A New Hope and Empire.
There also a lot of baggage from the Clone Wars show that this show is going to exploit and going forward, I have a feeling Star Wars is going to be much more interconnected and self-referential like Marvel. For better or worse, seems to be the Disney way. It's the reason they rebooted the canon after all.